Sunday, December 18, 2011

Why Yes, Virginia

You can carry your tree home by bike!

The guy at Home Depot was totally cool with it- He asked me if I needed help putting it on my car, and I said, nope, but I do need help putting it on my bike. He trussed the tree up, and then I strapped it on with a bungee brought for that purpose.

Handling was decent, though a bit wobbly at low speeds. I rode most of the way home on the bike path along the Charles, where fortunately I didn't meet many pedestrians, since I was taking up the whole path width.

17 comments:

Someone, unaware of this blog, is going to wind up starting a photo blog documenting you, as a local 'character', carrying impossible cargo loads across Boston & Cambridge. CambridgeCycleCargoChic or something like that.

you should goto the netherlands! there everyone does everything (almost) by bike... even moving... we even have parking problems for bikes.. (http://biebkriebels.blogspot.com/2011/11/parking-problems.html):)

Doug- I have an extra set of battery powered lights, and thought (too late) that it would have been fun to put them on the tree while I was riding home. It was a bit of a last minute impulse purchase. I had already hit Target and Home Depot, and had full panniers, but they were almost sold out of trees, so I was afraid it was now or never, but wasn't sure if I could manage it without a trailer. I rode into the (nearly empty) yard center, hefted a tree, and then tossed it across the back and did a quick test. That didn't seem to be a problem, so off I went.

@ Osric, anything with wheels would work- but it would be a long walk home for me (approx 3miles).